An incredible collection of rare old photographs of Pandit Nehru sent in by Man Mohan Munshi Ji. I have contributed three images – one that i found in ‘Letters From a Father to His Daughter: Being the Brief Account of the Early Days of the World Written for Children’ and two photographs taken by Homai Vyarawalla that I found in a Catalogue for a Photo Exhibition organized in year 1999 by Press Trust of India celebrating 50 years of its existence.
Update: I am adding some more rare photographs, mostly taken from a picture book on Nehru published in 1964 just after his death. Also I am adding photographs from some other resources too. By the time I am done, this is going to be the single biggest archive of Nehru Photographs on the web. Enjoy!
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| Yagnopveet (Sacred Thread) ceremony of Jawaharlal Nehru |
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| As a cadet at Harrow |
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| Bar at Law |
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| Behind Bars with Brother-in-Law Ranjit Pandit |
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| After marriage with Kamala in 1916 |
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| With daughter Indira Priyadarshani in 1918 |
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| Kamala Nehru, Jawahar Lal Nehru and their daughter Indira. Found it in ‘Letters From a Father to His Daughter: Being the Brief Account of the Early Days of the World Written for Children.’ |
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| At London with Lord Wavell, Congress and Muslim League leaders, 1946 |
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| In conference with Lord Mountbatten, Congress and Muslim League Leaders . 1947 |
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| Utterly sad and exhausted looking Nehru Votes for partition, 1947 |
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| With Winston Churchill who remarked that Nehru had overcome two of greatest Human failings – “Fear and Hatred” |
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| At London with Vijay Lakshmi Pandit,Indira Gandhi,Feroz Gandhi , Krishna Menon and others |
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| Nehru with Albert Einstein |
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| with Khrushchev |
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| Riding a yalk in Bhutan, 1956 |
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| Encouraging trainees at Himalayan Mountaineering, Darjeeling 1957 |
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In 1969 1962 with Jacqueline Kennedy. By Homai Vyarawalla. |
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| At Delhi’s Palam Airport alongside an ironic signboard. By Homai Vyarawalla. |
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Pandit Nehru on board the first BOAC jet plane, on a 45-minute flight to Nanda Devi. Nehru is seen lighting the cigarette of the then Deputy High Commissioner’s wife Mrs Simon. Shot by Homai Vyarawalla .
Apparently, the plane burst in midair on it’s second flight. Year, based on the year of the accident, probably 1953.
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Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor with Mr. Nehru. 1958 by Kewal Mehra.
The story of how I came across it here. |
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The following photographs are taken from a rare picture book on Pandit Nehru published in 1964 by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd after Nehru’s death. I managed to get my hands on the book from an ebay seller.
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| Throwing a pillow at some inattentive colleague during the debate, Avadi Congress, 1955. |
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| Pandit Nehru on his Birthday in U.S.A. , 1961 |
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| At a children’s gathering in Bombay, 1954 |
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| Showing his skill with cane at a performance by traditional swordsmen |
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| Carrying a Samurai Sword. Visit to a Japanese Film Studio, 1957 |
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| Squatting on the threshold to the Banteay Srei temple in Indo-China, 1954 |
…more than 50 images to be uploaded soon.
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Wow really very rare pictures..thanks a lot for sharing your treasures!!!
Thanks for the comment!
Very rare and marvellous collection. Hats off for your time and efforts into sharing with on WWW.
Though i regret he belonged to KP commune, as he did nothing for teh community and rather the power he ahd and passed form Gandhi sir name to his future generation was and is being used against Nationalism and KP's had no profit of they being Powerful among Indian Regine….Right from PM to powerful posts liek Supreme court judges and Advocates
Sad
I really like these picture; it is very interesting going into the past. I barely remembering him seeing when he visited our school(I think it was in 1953? in Eluru)we were told to throw rose petals as he walked. I also remember we all glued to radio listening his death and funerals in 1964.
There is a error in one of the photographs above with Jacqueline Kennedy the year mentioned is 1969 but Nehru expired in 1964
However i must say these photographs of Nehru are really rare,excepting few never saw any of these photographs earlier
Thanks for pointing out. That photograph is in fact from 1962. Fixed it.
Enjoyed again looking at those pics.
Such a beautiful and rare collection of photos of Panditji! Thanks for putting it up!
Thanks!
I enjoyed reading your latest post.Good!
Hi Sir,
Bow down to such an amazing collection. Do You have any unseen pictures of Amitabh Bachchan? Kindly help me with the same.
Waiting for your response.
Regards,
Amit Shukla
Thank you for sharing. It shows the difference between the two (Gandhi & Nehru) one living the life of a normal Indian the other enjoying the riches
I am indeed glad to get an opportunity to access these historic photos which throw a glimpse on our former PM Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
M. Natarajan
Hello Vinayak,
This is a great compilation and indeed a lot of hard work has gone into it. Do you have any picture of sketch of Panditji with his original signature onto it.
Good work, kinda immpressive bt who r those personals u hv croped from ur main page of website. Plz reply n d reason behind
superb unseen collection ….
Usually I have no interest about Nehruji but photos are really awesome…good..
Where was the first photo taken. 9 Elgiin Road perhaps?